Etihad Airways Partners meet to discuss cutting costs and maintaining quality

The summit aimed to identify and evolve collaborative initiative to cut costs, increase revenues, and expand sustainable choice for their customers. 

 

James Hogan, President and chief executive officer of Etihad Airways, chaired the summit, which bought together the leaders of Alitalia, the airberlin Group, Jet Airways, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles and Etihad Regional.

 

“Individually, we are small participants in the global market. But collectively, our partnership serves 330 destinations, flies almost 700 aircraft and carries over 100 million passengers each year, making us the world’s seventh largest grouping of airlines. We leverage the buying power, resources, relationships and influence of our participating airlines to achieve the most cost-effective and customer-friendly outcomes,” said Hogan.

 

The members of the Etihad Airways Partners collaborate through resource sharing as well as codesharing, along with adoption of best practice and joint procurement of assets, services and supplies.